Machine for measuring bagging and other fabrics



(ModeL) J. G. WILLIAMS.

MACHINE FOR MEASURING BAGGING AND OTHER FABRICS.

No. 280,547. Patented July 3, 1883.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Pholu-Lithogn her, Wawhmglon, D. 0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. WILLIAMS, OF SCOTLAND NECK, NORTH CAROLINA.

MACHINE FOR MEASURING BAGGI'NG AND OTHER FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,547, dated Jul 3,1883,

Application filed November 11, 1882.

' State of North Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Machine forMeasuring ging and other Fabrics, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine formeasuring cotton bagging, carpets, and other fabrics accurately andrapidly.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved measuringmachine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is aplan View of the same.

The material to be measured is contained on a beam, A, journaled in aframe, B, and from the said beam A the fabric passes over aguide-roller, O, and between two feed rollers D and E, of which theformer is journaled in the top of the frame 13, and the latter roller,E, is journaled in a frame or box, F, pivoted to the top of the frame'13. The frame F is provided with an arm, F, at its free end, from whicharm a weight, is adjustably suspended, which weight presses the roller Efriction. A small cog-whee'lTHToiitlfeslfift of the bottom feed-roller,D, engages with a larger cog-wheel, .I, on a crank-shaft, K. A drum, L,having a roughened surface, is mounted on a shaft, M, on one end ofwhich is mounted a cog-wheel, N, which engages with. a cog-wheel, 0,provided with a pointer.

or hand, P, above a dial, Q, which dial is subdivided into feet, inches&c., on a suitable scale. The bearings of the shaft M are such as topermit of vertical adjustment of the shaft. A hook, S, of a lever, T, ispassed over the shaft M, and from the free end of the lever T a weight,WV, is suspended adj ustably, which weight presses the roughened drum Lon the fabric.

The operation is as follows: The roller E is raised, the end of thefabric is placed be tween the rollers E D, and the crank-shaft K isturned, whereby the rollers D E willdraw the fabric through the machinein the direc-' tion of the arrow a, whereby the drum L will be rotatedin the direction'of the arrow 12.

(Model) The cog wheel N rotates the cog-wheel O, and the pointer or handP shows the number of revolutions of the drum and also parts ofrevolutions, and, if the circumference of the drum L is known, thelength of the fabric can easily be ascertained. The circumference of thedrum is to be equal to one or more yards. Cotton bagging, carpets, &c.,can be measured very easily and rapidly by simply drawing them throughthe machine.

By means of the weight G the friction of the rollers D and E can be soregulated that the fabriccannot slip between the two rollers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fabricqneasurer, the surface-rough ened drum L and a subjacentbed in close proximity thereto, combined with suitable means for holdingthe fabric on one side of the drum and suitable means on the other sidefor drawing it, whereby the pressure upon the fabric between, the drumand bed will cause the surface of the drum to move exactly with that ofthe fabric.

2. The hook S and the lever T, the latter attached between its fulcrumedend and its weightedend to the shank of the former, in combination withthe measuring-roll shaft M, arranged above said lever, to hold themeasuring-roll down on the fabric, as described.

3. In a measuring-machine, the combina tion, with the feed-roller D, ofthe feed-roller E, the pivoted frame F, the arm F, the weight G, and ameasuring-drum, L, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

4:. In a measuring-machine, the combina tion, with the feed-rollers D E,of the measuring-drum L, the lever T, the weight W, the cog-wheels N O,the dial Q, and the hand P, substantially as herein shown and described,and for the purpose set forth.

5. The frame F, having an extension-arm, F, to which is appended anadjustable weight, in combination with the shaft of the upperdrawing-roll, whereby the tractional power to be exerted on the fabricmay be regulated by movement of the weight.

JOHN OORNELIOUS \VILLIAMS.

Vitnesses:

ALFRED WHITE, ROBERT J OI-IN SHIELDS.

